Software Engineer - Networking (Cilium, Go/eBPF)

About the role

Isovalent, now part of Cisco, is looking for a software engineer to join its Isovalent Networking for Virtualization engineering team in Zurich. You will implement features, root-cause and fix bugs, and perform maintenance on the codebase together with the team, tackling complex problems and communicating your ideas clearly.

Key responsibilities

• Work on delivering the roadmap together with the team
• Develop and review high-quality Go and eBPF code for the Cilium open-source and enterprise codebases
• Collaborate on the architecture and design of distributed systems, such as cluster mesh
• Integrate with traditional datacenter networking protocols
• Contribute to and uphold engineering best practices, code quality and operational excellence

Required profile

• Strong communication skills and proven ability to work in collaborative environments
• Professional software engineering experience and a desire to write high-quality, efficient code
• Preferred: degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Required skills

• Experience with Go, Rust, C++ or Zig or another systems programming language
• Familiarity with Linux, networking and distributed systems
• Preferred: Go and/or eBPF, cloud-native datacenter networking, Kubernetes management and automation tools, code interacting with Kubernetes, Cilium and other CNIs, open-source contributions